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| Iraq |
| 18 perps detained in Kirkuk |
| 2011-03-25 |
| KIRKUK / Aswat al-Iraq: A combined force from the Iraqi police and U.S. forces on Thursday detained 18 members of armed groups who are wanted by security authorities in Kirkuk on Thursday, according to a senior security official. "A force from the Kirkuk Districts Police Department, backed by U.S. troops, arrested today (March 24) 18 wanted persons, including 12 in accordance with Article 4 of the Law on terrorism," Brig. Sarhad Qader, the director of the KDPD, told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. "The arrested persons are members of armed wings of al-Naqshabandiya Army, Ansar al-Sunna (Supporters of Sunna) and the so-called Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) groups," he added. He said the combined force had conducted a large-scale campaign that covered the districts of al-Riad and al-Rashad, some areas of al-Huweija district and the Hamrin mountain chain. |
| Posted by:Steve White |